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Young Hyacinth, with Kerry Howard in the lead role as Mrs Bucket-to-be, is a cleaner, who we see working for the ever-at-odds couple Dulcie (Debra Stephenson) and Claude (Tony Gardner), with him oddly calling his …
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Author: Dom Robinson
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.
Casualty 30th Anniversary – Too Old For This Shift – The DVDfever Review
Casualty is a soap I used to watch regularly when it was still an occasional drama. As Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson) entered the Holby hospital for the first time, you could tell he’d be the …
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Porridge (2016) – The DVDfever Review
Porridge, aka, the slop once served up for breakfast in the nick, which led to “doing porridge” being slang for serving a prison sentence, doesn’t bring Ronnie Barker’s character back into it, but attempts to …
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Are You Being Served? (2016) – The DVDfever Review
Are You Being Served? is one of the sitcoms being revived for a one-off special by the BBC, and ran for an – unprecedented by today’s standards – ten series from 1972 to 1985, whereas …
Continue readingBad Moms leads the new cinema releases & trailers w/e August 26th 2016
This weekend there are TWELVE new films out for you to choose from: comedy with Americanisation in the title in Bad Moms, road trip thriller in Road Games, intriguing pop documentary in Gary Numan: Android …
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The Circuit – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 Pilot
The Circuit was a title that baffled me. Is that what dinner parties are referred to? Perhaps it’s when someone invites you to one, and so you have to reciprocate. New to the area, Nat …
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The Watchman – The DVDfever Review – Stephen Graham drama
The Watchman centres around security guard Carl Freeman (Stephen Graham – Orthodox), a man who spends all his nights alone in a darkened room, and who sees all but can only phone the police if …
Continue readingMovie Charts UK and US week ending August 21st 2016
This week’s Movie Charts UK and US week ending August 21st 2016 are as follows: 1. Finding Dory (trailer) 2. Suicide Squad (trailer) (review) 3. David Brent: Life on the Road (trailer) (review) 4. Jason …
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One Of Us Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review
One Of Us, one of us, one of us, one of us… sorry, no, there’s no repetitive chanting, here. The four-parter begins with the lovely tale of Adam and Grace (Jeremy Newmark Jones and Kate …
Continue readingKidnap – Official Trailer 1 – Halle Berry
Kidnap will kidnap two hours of your time if you go and see this revenge thriller rubbish from Halle Berry. She plays a mother who’s in such a hurry, the producers haven’t yet been able …
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